Although the bayonet could have appeared at any time of course, the long bayonets were more a British thing. The Ishapore units tended to have originally been issued with shorter bayonets. Indians just wanted them for combat. British - maybe they were compensating for something and felt they...
Sadly the importer is charging quite a bit. I realize it's sort of a "what the market may bear" type thing but you KNOW those guys picked those up for a few pennies per unit and selling them for a grand. I'd have loved to have one, I'd consider it like a "barn find" almost.
Well darn it, I'm still looking forward to picking up my very first and personal Garand from them fellers! I guess that trip will have to be postponed for a bit. I'd buy one on ODT but the markups are whacky!
Looks like whatever gunsmith did that conversion back in the deeps of time, they did a good job! Most likely that was originally produced at a place called Vojno Tehnicki Zavod which translates to the Military Technical Institute located in the town of Kragujevac. Originally it would have been...
Looks like a 1924 Yugoslavian Mauser. An unmolested specimen would be in the $425-500 range. This one was at some point rechambered and sporterized so it's more likely a $250-300 piece. A bit hard to tell since there are only partial pictures but the stamps all look pretty clean and being...
While crude that's actually a pretty darn smart modification for a bush gun for Alaska. If you are out in 20 below, things are icy and you are wearing very thick gloves, that extra grip provided by those deep grooves would be a huge help. Yes, makes me cringe to see it but as a bush gun it...